Federal officials are investigating major land acquisitions next to Travis Air Force Base. Given the water interests, California must step up.
that gobble up precious water rights and threaten agriculture, habitat and drinking water. Flannery won’t be able to overrun the many Delta parcels it bought with sprawling development. But it is securing more and more water rights with these purchases. And it has acquired the entire left bank of the slough connecting 500,000 residents in Napa and Solano counties to their primary water supply, which was already one of the most vulnerable water quality segments of the State Water Project.
Acquiring and assembling multiple parcels of land is not, on its own, problematic. It’s essential to economic development. What’s different here is the risk, magnified by the secrecy. California can step up, too. The State Water Resources Control Board could be directed to look more closely at water rights acquired by foreign limited liability corporations. The state could limit the issuance of permits for emergent-risk activities to foreign corporations in instances where it is impossible to determine who is responsible for providing compensation, repair or remediation where appropriate.
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